Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 –5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Sunday, July 27 – 4:30pm - 8:00pm

• Monday, July 28 – CLOSED

• Tuesday, July 29 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Thursday, July 31 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Friday, August 1 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Saturday, August 2 – 5:00pm - 10:00pm

• Sunday, August 3 – 4:30pm - 8:00pm
  

Cost: $80.00 per person. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Call (260)449-9099 or reserve your table at http://www.chancebarfw.com/reservations.html

About this Event
Don’t miss this exciting 3-course tasting event featuring delicious locally sourced ingredients from Schmuckers Produce, Kuehnert Dairy, Wood Farms, Berry Hill Farms and Myzel Risin’

For more information call (260)449-9099, or email cbowers10@gmail.com

About Chance Bar
Chance Bar is a midwestern bistro nestled in the beautiful '07 neighborhood of Ft Wayne, Indiana. Specializing in casual modern cuisine. With a small diverse menu where we make pasta, fresh oysters, sausages, delicious juicy burgers, and we support local farmers.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Date & time: Saturday, July 26 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm
CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST 2.

Cost: Free admission. Food, beverages and flowers can be purchased on site.

No Registration required.

About this Event
Come out to Springfield Acres to enjoy local food options in the sunflower fields! Gunthorp Farms will be serving pulled pork sandwiches from their local (literally next door) pasture-raised pigs. Fireside Craft Burgers and Brews is will be serving local brews in the beer garden.

The band Showdown will be playing music, so bring a chair or picnic blanket and hang out for awhile! It will be a local food celebration!

For more information, visit the BBQ & Brews in the Blooms Facebook event page. If you plan to come, please mark yourself as “Going” or “Interested”, so we can plan for the number of guests we are expecting. Questions? Email kara@springfieldacres.com or call (260) 499-0159.

About Springfield Acres
Springfield Acres is a U-pick flower farm in LaGrange County who values the connections formed around local food. They often collaborate with local small farms & businesses. Guests can often dine with local food trucks & shop goodies from local artisans while also enjoying their time picking sunflowers.

About Gunthorp Farms
Gunthorp Farms currently pastures-raises, processes, and sells pigs, turkeys, ducks, and sheep at their family farm near the town of Brushy Prairie in LaGrange County, Indiana. They sell directly to some of the finest restaurants & retailers in the Midwest.

Date & time: Saturday, July 26 – Block Party 2:00pm - 6:00pm. Draft Taproom & Coffee hours: 11am - 10pm.

Cost: Free event. Food and beverages available for purchase

About this Event
Our Summer Block Party will be one for the books! Featuring 25+ vendors including co-hosting Local Farmers & Food Producers; Rowdy Rooster Artisan Meats, Pequash Farms, McCombee's Apiaries, Bloomingdale Gardens, Daylily Estates, Merkat Moon Herbals & Earthworks and many more creative artists and makers from our region!

LIVE music at 6pm with with none other than James and the Drifters. Pizza and drink specials available all day, including Wine slushies, amazing midwest craft beer and more!

So grab your friends and head down to Draft Taproom & Coffee to support local farmers, brewers, food producers & artists!

For more information, email Kaylie@roughdraftco.com or call (260) 437-2674.

About Draft Taproom & Coffee
Draft Taproom & Coffee is a place where you can enjoy many Midwest local brews, wines, meads, ciders, coffees, teas, kombucha, pastries and pizza! We want to highlight craft and almost act as a second location for our clients. The goal is for you to come enjoy something amazing, then, head on over to the source!

About Rowdy Rooster Artisan Meats
At Rowdy Rooster, we produce artisan style charcuterie and salami. We have a passion for the old world preparation of local, responsibly raised, heritage breeds of pork. Our production facility is located in Churubusco, Indiana. Don’t let anyone treat you like lunchmeat. You. Are. Charcuterie.

About Pequash Farms
Pequash Farms is a small, urban market garden located in northwest Indiana, just outside of Fort Wayne. We provide pasture-raised eggs and wholesome, natural, and locally grown produce to nearby families and restaurants.

About McCombee’s Apiaries
McComBees Apiaries is committed to raising awareness to the importance of bees in nature and the dangers they face, and to responsible beekeeping. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have about bees. McComBees offers a wide range of honey and beeswax based products including raw honey, honeycomb, creamed honey, beeswax and beeswax candles.

About Bloomingdale Gardens
Bloomingdale Gardens is nestled in the heart of Fort Wayne in the Bloomingdale Neighborhood just off of Wells St. Bloomingdale welcomes everyone to the garden. The gardens boast native plants, conservation gardening techniques, fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs, nut trees and more.

About Daylily Estates
At Daylily Estates, we make low intervention fine wine that tells a story of place—its seasons, its soil, and its spirit.  Through thoughtful, regenerative practices and a deep respect for the land, our mission is to elevate Indiana wine.

At Daylily, we are passionate about wine for its ability to bring people together, to celebrate culture, community, and the beauty of its origin. Every bottle is an invitation to pause, connect, and savor the stories of its place and maker.

About Merkat Moon Herbals and Earthworks
MerKat Moon Herbals & Earthworks is a small Women-Owned Business Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We were originally established in 2020 with one singular mission: to bridge the gap between people and the Traditional Ancestral knowledge of Herbal Remedies.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Sunday, July 27 –1:00pm

Cost: Free event. Maple syrup, candy, cream, sugar and maple creams will be available for purchase.

Pre-Registration Required: Due to space limitations in our demonstration area, please pre-register by text/call to (260) 357-8717, or email bkowen60@gmail.com

About this Event:
Come take our guided indoor Maple tour showing state of the art production methods for making syrup and value added maple products. Artifacts of past generations of syrup making equipment and practices will also be shown.

Discover the fascinating process of maple syrup production, from traditional techniques to modern methods. Enjoy a taste of our wide selection of maple products and purchase them to enjoy at home.

For more information, text/call to (260) 357-8717, or email bkowen60@gmail.com

Travel Tip: Maple Acres is located 1/2 mile South of Base Line Road on County Road 500 East, in Noble County.

About Maple Acres:
Maple Acres is a maple syrup producer located in southeastern Noble County near Chain-o-Lakes State Park. We have about 2,000 trees in production making roughly 500 +/- gallons of syrup per season.

We are members of Indiana Grown, Indiana Maple Syrup Association and Indiana Market Maker.

Date & time: Saturday, July 26 – 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost: Free; Please pre-register so we know how much lunch to prepare for everyone! (See details below)

Pre-registration required. Please pre-register for our event so we know how much lunch to prepare for everyone! Register by emailing saletsinger@gmail.com or call/text 260-568-0421 with the number of people coming.

About this Event
We will provide a riding tour of our home pastures where visitors can see our cattle, meat chickens, laying hens, and pigs. We will be showing how we rationally graze our animals. People are also welcome to stroll at their own leisure. People of all ages are welcome. Frozen cuts of meat and farm fresh eggs are available for purchase.

We will also be providing a small lunch, free will donation appreciated. Please pre-register for our event so we know how much lunch to prepare for everyone!

For more information, or to Pre-Register email saletsinger@gmail.com or call/text 260-568-0421 with number of people coming.

Travel Tip: Bolinger Family Farm is about 1.5 miles north of SR 13 on 100 E. Located about 1/2 way between 1400 N and 1500 N on 100 E on the east side of the road (northeast of Berry Hill Farm & Farmstore about 1 1/2 miles). Parking in the driveway east of the house as well as overflow parking in the yard in front of the bank barn.

About Bolinger Family Farm
Bolinger Family Farm is a 80 acre farm located 1.5 miles north of North Manchester. The farm has been in the family for over 50 years and currently is focused on raising livestock to feed our family and our local community.

We raise shorthorn cattle, cheviot sheep, pastured chickens (broilers & layers), and feed pigs all for local consumption! We rotationally graze our livestock.

Our primary product for retail is beef but we also have lamb, pork, eggs, and maple syrup.

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Sunday, July 27 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Friday, August 1 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Saturday, August 2 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

• Sunday, August 3 – 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Cost: Free

About this Event
Come tour the beautiful Bloomingdale Gardens and see what is blooming. Bloomingdale Gardens hosts native pollinators, fruiting trees, berries, sunflowers, vegetable gardens, and so much more. Come explore the garden during our scheduled guided garden walk & educational talk with Jesus Rosario. The gardens are also open to the public each day from 8:00am to 8:00pm for self guided tours.

For more information about Bloomingday Gardens, email walkerdwfd@aol.com.

About Bloomingdale Gardens:
Bloomingdale Gardens is nestled in the heart of Fort Wayne in the Bloomingdale Neighborhood just off of Wells Street. Bloomingdale welcomes everyone to the garden. The gardens boast native plants, conservation gardening techniques, fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs, nut trees and more.

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 11:00am

• Monday, July 28 – 5:00pm

• Tuesday, July 29 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 10:00am, 1:00pm & 5:00pm

• Thursday, July 31 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

Cost: Free. Pre-registration is required.

Pre-registration Required:
Participants need to pre-register within 24 hours of tour time @ Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/plant-happiness-with-ne-indiana-local-food-network-30899258269

About this Event:
Located in Northside Neighborhood, this suburban site offers an example of how a lawn can be transformed into a landscape that offers organic home food production, more sustainable landscape management, and incorporation of indigenous plantings to improve the local ecosystem. While we cannot produce all of our own foods, we can - and do - strengthen the food security in our home by growing as much as we can on site. Our home food costs can also be greatly reduced when we are able to grow hundreds, to thousands, of pounds of high quality foods in our home gardens for our family. Additionally, the methods used offer habitat for native species, pollinators, and other wildlife. Win/win/win for home gardening!

For more information email Plant Happiness at plantingseedsofhappiness@gmail.com

Travel Tip: The Parnell Avenue Bridge by Johnny Appleseed Park is closed. Please be sure to check for an alternate route.

About Plant Happiness:
Plant Happiness offers educational opportunities to the community though individual classes, courses, and on-site consultations visits to encourage healthy growing of organic foods, soils, and ecosystems. I also offer design services to assist in the planning and implementation of sustainable and regenerative practices in any setting.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – Tour 3:00pm - 4:00pm. Brewery open until 10:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am - 11:00am. Brewery open until 10:00pm

Cost: Free event. Food and beverages available for purchase during Brewery hours.

About this Event
Come enjoy a family friendly farm tour complete with chickens, turkeys, goat, rabbits and a very spoiled horse! Local honey producer, Filler Family Apiaries is our co-host, and they will have a display bee hive and honey products for sale. E Brewing, the first Farmhouse Brewery in Indiana since the prohibition will open shortly after the tour with samples and a full menu! So stick around for the local brews, food and yard games in the beer garden! Open til 10 pm!

For more information, email esterlinefarms@yahoo.com or call (916)747-5003.

About E Brewing Company at Esterline Farms:
Small destination farm that offers educational tours, livestock, goat pasture for visitors, poultry, fresh eggs, rabbits and a very spoiled horse. We have picnic grounds, patios, beer garden, and an Air BNB for our quests. And, visit the first Beer Farm in Indiana since the Prohibition!

About Filler Family Apiary
Filler Family Apiary raises bees. We use organic practices but are not certified. We sell honey, beeswax candles, balms and soaps. We founded Filler Family Apiary out of a pure passion for bees. Our goals, ambitions, and inspirations have come together to form a truly amazing company that we are proud of. Since opening in 2019, we have become masters of our craft. We go above and beyond to ensure you’re satisfied and will work with us again.

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 1:00pm - 4:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am - 2:00pm

Cost: Free event.

About this Event
Visit Eel River Bison Ranch and meet Bison Ranchers Eric & Tonya Horvath. They will answer questions and provide tasty samples of delicious bison meat while you browse their gift shop of bison bone art, jewelry, hides, and of course a chance to support this small ranch by purchasing bison meat, brats, soup bones and mouth watering bison jerky!

Local honey producer, Filler Family Apiaries will have have their honey products available for purchase, as well.

For more information, email eelriverbison@gmail.com or call (260)609-1776.

About Eel River Bison Ranch:
We are a grass-fed Bison Ranch. Our mission is to restore our grounds and soils to raise the most healthy bison possible. We enjoy what bison bring to our community and the ecosystem. We have a gift store featuring local vendors and Bison Art.

Dates & times:

• Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am - 2:00pm

• Wednesday, July 30 – 6:00pm - 8:00pm

• Saturday, August 2 – 10:00am - 12:00pm

• Sunday, August 3 – 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost: Free event. Registration is recommended, but not required.
Please text Diana at (260) 409-5901 to register with how many people will be attending.

About this Event
Join us at Poplar Village Gardrens for a guided family garden tour, educational activities and a garden scavenger hunt. Pack a picnic and stay to enjoy time in the garden.

For more information, email broadwaydc@frontier.com or call (260) 409-5901.

Travel Tip: Our driveway and parking are located at the intersection of Miner and Walnut streets.

About Poplar Village Gardens:
Poplar Village Gardens is a 3 acre urban food forest. Our Mission is: Building Community by Growing Food Together. The produce grown on site is donated to neighborhood residents and Miss Virginia's Mission House. We focus on growing and living sustainably and host a Forward Indiana community food pantry.

Local Food Week Sponsor:

Poplar Village Gardens

Dates & times:

• Friday, July 25 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am & 1:00pm

• Sunday, July 27 –1:00pm

Cost: Free event. Maple syrup, candy, cream, sugar and maple creams will be available for purchase.

Pre-Registration Required: Due to space limitations in our demonstration area, please pre-register by text/call to (260) 357-8717, or email bkowen60@gmail.com

About this Event:
Come take our guided indoor Maple tour showing state of the art production methods for making syrup and value added maple products. Artifacts of past generations of syrup making equipment and practices will also be shown.

Discover the fascinating process of maple syrup production, from traditional techniques to modern methods. Enjoy a taste of our wide selection of maple products and purchase them to enjoy at home.

For more information, text/call to (260) 357-8717, or email bkowen60@gmail.com

Travel Tip: Maple Acres is located 1/2 mile South of Base Line Road on County Road 500 East, in Noble County.

About Maple Acres:
Maple Acres is a maple syrup producer located in southeastern Noble County near Chain-o-Lakes State Park. We have about 2,000 trees in production making roughly 500 +/- gallons of syrup per season.

We are members of Indiana Grown, Indiana Maple Syrup Association and Indiana Market Maker.

Date & time: Saturday, July 26 – 10:00am - 11:30am

Cost: Free. Pre-registration is recommended, though not required.

About this Event
Guests will enjoy a pasture walk with sheep and lambs. You will learn about sheep, how they are raised, regenerative agriculture, grazing rotation, and the importance of healthy soil.

Guests will enjoy a hayride from the event parking to the farm, and from the farm to the field.

For more information, and to pre-register, email greenerpasturesfarm2024@gmail.com or text (260) 416-8075.

Travel Tip: Our property is at the corner of 500 E and SR 8, and is located just 5 miles east of Albion, IN. Event Parking will be at New Hope Baptist Church on the South / East corner of the intersection. Look for the signs. A hayride shuttle will bring you to the event from the church, and return you to the church after the event.

About Greener Pastures
Greener Pastures raises grass-fed and grass-finished lamb and beef. Our focus is on raising cross-bred hair sheep. (Katahdin, Saint Croix, Dorper Cross). With rotational grazing, our animals get all the grass they can eat during summer months, and all the hay they want during the winter!

Our meats are locally processed by a licensed butcher, USDA inspected, and packaged for resale. We have packaged freezer lamb and beef cuts available, with whole, half, or quarter cut meat available, as production and butcher’s schedule allows.

Dates & times:

• Saturday, July 26 – 9:00am - 1:00pm

• Saturday, August 2 – 9:00am - 1:00pm

Cost: Free event, except where noted. Food and beverages available for purchase

Pre-registration is encouraged. Stop by the market info booth or the market vendor’s booth to sign-up for the workshops that interest you.

About this Event
The Ft. Wayne's Farmer's Market celebrates Local Food Week by hosting a series of educational workshops on farming & local food-related topics offered by our dedicated market vendors.

Saturday, July 26 Workshops

• 9:30am: “Learn How to Make a Mushroom Log”
  Co-hosted by Myzel Risin’ (Cost $30)

• 10:30am: “Benefits of Ginger with Free Samples”
  Co-hosted by MVP Jazz & Ginger Juice bar (Free)

• 11:15am: “Benefits of Raw Cheese”
  Co-hosted by Hufford Family Dairy (Free)

• 12:30pm: “Why Animal Feed Type is Important”
  Co-hosted by Fruited Plain Seeds (Free)

For more information, email ina.fwfm@gmail.com.

About Ft. Wayne’s Farmers Market:
The Ft. Wayne’s Farmers Market hosts a constantly changing variety of products, including meat, produce, farm products, baked goods, jewelry, artisan crafts, food trucks, and much more! The original year-round farmers' market in downtown Fort Wayne brings you the farm and to your neighborhood. The vendors offer the freshest vegetables, flowers, and plants in season. We specialize in extensive farm foods, featuring delicious baked goods and home-made natural items, along with unique works from talented regional artisans. Join us every Saturday during the year-round market for a celebration of our agricultural heritage and the best items the region has to offer.

About Myzel Risin’
Myzel Risin’ was established in 2023 by a brother and sister looking to provide healthy options with food that we love. Myzel is German for mycelium and as an homage to our heritage, like mycelium, we believe in CONNECTING TO YOUR ROOTS. As a family-owned small business, we value growing the highest quality mushrooms possible for our supporters. Fresh and healthy food is a passion we love to share and strive to help others enjoy.

About MVP Jazz & Ginger Juice bar
MVP Jazz & Ginger Juice bar specializes in fresh, cold-pressed ginger juice and other wellness drinks. It’s known for their focus on community, and the personal story of its owner, Michelle V. Potts, who created it as a tribute to her late father and his love for jazz. 

About Hufford Family Dairy
Hufford Family Dairy is where forages are harvested, calves are born and raised, cows are cared for and milked, and cheese is cultured and aged. This is our vision of maintaining our legacy of stewardship of the land, husbandry of livestock, and production of “Farm to Table” dairy products.

About Fruited Plain Seeds
Fruited Plain Seeds was founded in 1987 to produce certified organic seed for area farmers. Through the years, we have evolved into cleaning food grade grain for the organic food industry. The cleaning operation is certified organic by the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA). Although we do not certify as organic our food products, we strive to use sustainable and natural production methods for our products in order to produce clean, fresh, non-GMO, wholesome food at reasonable prices. We only sell our food products locally.

Local Food Week Sponsors

Date & time: Saturday, July 26 - Presentation 9:00am - 10:00am. Market hours: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Cost: Free

About this Event
Kim Waggoner of Back to Natural Farm will give a presentation during the Farmers Market at Winona on making healthy choices when it comes to food. Feel free to stop and ask any of our local farmers about their farms and growing practices while you walk through the pavilion. This event is outside, but under the protection of a giant pavilion. There are public restrooms, seating to sit and enjoy a meal from one of our food vendors and the market is handicap accessible. There is a bounce house for the kids, along with live music.

The farms that are regular market vendors at the Farmers Market at Winona include: Back to Natural Farm, Denney Farms, Hill N Dale Farm, Little River Mushroom Co. and Goldwood Gardens.

For more information, email pavilion@townofwinonalake.net or call (574) 267-7581.

Travel Tip: The Farmers Market at Winona is located inside the Miller Sunset Pavilion on Winona Lake across the street from the post office.

About Farmers Market at Winona
The Farmers Market at Winona is a community of local farmers, food producers and small businesses under one beautiful roof at the Miller Sunset Pavilion. It’s a place to find the freshest fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, microgreens, mushrooms and cheese available. It’s a place where farmers and local business owners can interact with the community and grow relationships where good food is the center of every conversation. We offer a wide variety of specialty items as well! You’ll find plants, honey, baked goods, jams, coffee, candy and even authentic Indian Food. There’s a bouncy house every Saturday for the kiddos too! We invite you to join us in supporting local farmers and artisans every Saturday!

About Back to Natural Farm
Back to Natural Farm is a small beyond organic farm. We are not certified organic or naturally grown. Our growing practices are to grow everything naturally. Using regenerative farming methods, beneficial insects and natural solutions. No chemicals. Non-GMO. No synthetic fertilizers.

We grow Microgreens, up to 25 different varieties (so far), we have pastured (non-GMO) eggs, seasonal vegetables, garden starts (herbs and vegetables). Our farm is growing and we will be adding to our product availability and new products as we go.

Dates & times:

• Saturday, July 26 – 9:00am - 11:00am

• Friday, August 1 – 9:00am - 11:00am

Cost: Free event & coffee sampling. Food available for purchase.

About this Event
Come rain or shine and visit Noble Roots Farm & Market! We will have samples of our locally roasted coffee paired with delightful heavy whipping cream and local maple syrup! Or sample it black and enjoy all the notes this coffee has to offer! Please come and enjoy exploring our store as well, we offer indoor house plants that purify the air, local honey, eggs, meat, microgreens, kombucha, and much more. Excited to meet you and your families!

For more information call or text (260) 414-3755.

Travel Tip: 10 min north of the intersection of Union Chapel Rd. and Coldwater Rd.

About Noble Roots Farm & Market
At Noble Roots Farm & Market, we are excited to offer real food you can trust. Our products are intentionally selected organic if we can, NO seed oils or refined sugars. Our farm store features local & organic pasture-raised meat and eggs, raw honey, pure maple syrup, and small-batch kombucha. Everything we carry is intentionally sourced and truly clean, so you can feed your family with confidence and care. Come experience the difference of an honest & good ingredients farm & market store.

Local Food Week Sponsor

Noble Roots Farm & Market